Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. The tradition continues to close out the 2024-25 season by naming the top player in each state. Selections are based on team success and individual excellence in addition to local and state accolades.
Sydney Savoury of
Belleville is the 2024-25 Michigan MaxPreps Player of the Year. The 5-foot-11 sophomore guard led the Tigers to a 28-1 record and the Division 1 state championship — the school's first.
For the season, Savoury averaged 26.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. In a 61-48 win over Rockford in the state final, she scored a team-high 22 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Savoury already has compiled a list of college offers that includes Louisville Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio State, TCU and UCLA among others.
Each state's MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which is scheduled to be released in April. Past selections include 2024 WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson (2014) as well as 2024 All-WNBA first team picks Caitlin Clark (2020), Napheesa Collier (2015), Breanna Stewart (2012) and Alyssa Thomas (2010).
Past Michigan MaxPreps Players of the Year2021-22 — Ruby Whitehorn, Edison Academy (Detroit)
2022-23 — Macy Brown, East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids)
2023-24 — Summer Davis, West Bloomfield
